Publications

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will fund a new national strategy to tackle excessive out of pocket costs charged by medical specialists.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will continue long-term monitoring and support for Australians who have high-risk devices implanted during cardiac, breast or hip fracture procedures, and for people who have suffered trauma and injury.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide funding for the continued operation of the My Health Record system.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will invest $105.9 million over five years from 2018–19 to continue to improve Medicare compliance arrangements and debt recovery practices.

This fact sheet outlines the Government's funding of an information campaign to explain and raise awareness of important reforms that are making private health insurance simpler and more affordable.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will strengthen the Life Saving Drugs Program (LSDP) to ensure ongoing and free access to life saving drugs for people with rare and life threatening diseases.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will fund of a range of programs to boost safer medication management in the community.

This poster aims to prompt pregnant women to think about getting the free whooping cough vaccine when pregnant.

This research was conducted to further understand the knowledge base for adolescents and their parents around school-based vaccinations.

This strategy outlines Australia’s national approach to improving the health of men and boys – particularly those at greatest risk of poor health – and to reducing inequities between different groups.

The Australian Government welcomes the report of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (the Committee) Inquiry into NDIS ICT Systems (the Report).

These quarterly reports provide an update on the operation of the Home Care Packages Program. They include statistics on assessment, approvals, services, people waiting for services, wait times and maximum exit amounts.

This final protocol describes the methodology reviewers will follow to assess use of enzyme replacement medicines under the Life Saving Drugs Program medicines for Gaucher disease (type 1).

This final protocol describes the methodology reviewers will follow to assess use of Life Saving Drugs Program medicines for Fabry disease.

The surveillance reports summarise the status of an ongoing outbreak of infectious syphilis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural areas of northern Australia. This report consolidates the monthly surveillance reports from May 2018 to January 2019.

The surveillance reports summarise the status of an ongoing outbreak of infectious syphilis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural areas of northern Australia. This report consolidates the monthly surveillance reports from March 2016 to February 2018.

This review showed that the program plays an effective and important role where Australia’s health and aged care systems meet. It has supported the early discharge of older people from hospital and can help delay their entry into residential care.

This fact sheet describes the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.

The Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (the Committee) released a report into the provision of Assistive Technology (AT) under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in December 2018.

As part of the development of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031, the Department of Social Services engaged the Social Policy Research Centre of the University of New South Wales to undertake an independent, targeted review of implementation of the National Disability Strategy 2010–2020.

This poster outlines the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.

The National Strategic Action Plan for Arthritis aims to guide national efforts to address the burden of arthritis.

The National Strategic Action Plan for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) provides a path to better care, better quality of life and reduced burden of IBD for the Australian community.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

The Roadmap for Hearing Health was developed independently by the Hearing Health Sector Committee. It sets out suggested actions to support short, medium and long-term improvements in hearing health for all people in Australia.